Formation of the Isthmus of Panama

A O'Dea, HA Lessios, AG Coates, RI Eytan… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
The formation of the Isthmus of Panama stands as one of the greatest natural events of the
Cenozoic, driving profound biotic transformations on land and in the oceans. Some recent …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)

WE Duellman, AB Marion, SB Hedges - Zootaxa, 2016 - mapress.com
A phylogenetic analysis of sequences from 503 species of hylid frogs and four outgroup taxa
resulted in 16,128 aligned sites of 19 genes. The molecular data were subjected to a …

Molecular-based rapid inventories of sympatric diversity: a comparison of DNA barcode clustering methods applied to geography-based vs clade-based sampling of …

A Paz, AJ Crawford - Journal of Biosciences, 2012 - Springer
Molecular markers offer a universal source of data for quantifying biodiversity. DNA
barcoding uses a standardized genetic marker and a curated reference database to identify …

[图书][B] The great American biotic interchange: a South American perspective

The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) between North and South America is one of
the most important events in the history of land mammals. The first authors that considered …

In the wake of invasion: tracing the historical biogeography of the South American cricetid radiation (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)

RN Leite, SO Kolokotronis, FC Almeida, FP Werneck… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) was greatly influenced by the completion of
the Isthmus of Panama and impacted the composition of modern faunal assemblages in the …

Phylogenomic support for evolutionary relationships of New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terraranae)

MP Heinicke, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Phylogenomic approaches have proven able to resolve difficult branches in the tree of life.
New World direct-developing frogs (Terraranae) represent a large evolutionary radiation in …

Testing the role of ecology and life history in structuring genetic variation across a landscape: A trait‐based phylogeographic approach

A Paz, R Ibáñez, KR Lips, AJ Crawford - Molecular Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Hypotheses to explain phylogeographic structure traditionally invoke geographic features,
but often fail to provide a general explanation for spatial patterns of genetic variation …

Evolution of the Isthmus of Panama: biological, paleoceanographic and paleoclimatological implications

C Jaramillo, K Hoorn, A Perrigo… - Mountains, climate and …, 2018 - books.google.com
The rise of the Isthmus of Panama was the product of small‐scale geological processes that,
nonetheless, had worldwide repercussions. The building of the Panamanian landscape can …

Quaternary glaciation and the great American biotic interchange

CD Bacon, P Molnar, A Antonelli, AJ Crawford… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent geological studies demonstrate that the Isthmus of Panama emerged some 10 my
earlier than previously assumed. Although absent today in Panama, Central American …

Testing geological models of evolution of the Isthmus of Panama in a phylogenetic framework

CD Bacon, A Mora, WL Wagner… - Botanical Journal of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The emergence and closure of the Isthmus of Panama had regional and global impacts that
were rivalled by few other Cenozoic geological events. The closure of the Central American …